Study says sleeping with even a little light in your room is bad for your health

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A new study digs deeper into the effects that sleeping with light in the same room can have on the human body.

Scientists say you may want to sleep in a darker room

Dr. Phyllis Zee, a senior author on the study, says that 100 lux of light is just enough to see your way around a room, but not enough for you to read comfortably. The researchers conducted the study with 20 people. The first night, the sleepers were placed in mostly dark rooms. The second night, half of them slept in a room that was more illuminated.

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